husband, or other persons, with the husband's consent subscribed to the will; provided the wife be privately examined by the witnesses to her will out of the presence and hearing of her husband, whether the same is done freely, voluntarily, willingly and not induced by fears, threats or ill-usage on the part of her husband, and must be made at least sixty days before her death.-Section 335.

A will passes all of the real estate which the testator had at the time of his death.-Section 336.

A will proved in another state or country may be admitted to probate in Maryland by copy of said will and the probate thereof duly authenticated.-Section 354. A registrar of wills may receive wills for safekeeping.-Section 356.

No. 23-Massachusetts.

[REVISED LAWS, Chapter 135, AS AMENDED TO 1918.]

Every person of full age and sound mind may make a will. The will must be in writing, signed by the testator, or by a person in his presence and by his express direction and attested and subscribed in his presence by three or more competent witnesses. A married woman may make a will.-Section 1.

Subsequent incompetency of a witness does not prevent probate if he was competent at the time of attestation. A creditor is a competent witness.-Section 2.

Devise or legacy to a subscribing witness, or to his or her husband or wife, is void unless there are three other competent witnesses.-Section 3.

A will executed without Massachusetts in the mode prescribed by the law either of where the will is executed or of the testator's domicile, shall be deemed legally exe

cuted if it be in writing and subscribed by the testator.Stats. 1911, ch. 246.

A soldier in actual military service or a mariner at sea, may dispose of his personal property by a nuncupative will.-Section 6.

A will is revoked by burning, tearing, cancelling or obliterating, or by another writing signed and attested in the same manner as a will, or by subsequent changes in the condition or circumstances of the testator from which a revocation is implied.-Section 8.

Marriage revokes a will, unless it appears therefrom that it was made in contemplation of such marriage. If a will is made in the exercise of the power of appointment, and the real and personal property subject to the appointment would not without the appointment pass to the persons who would have been entitled to it, if it had been the estate and property of the testator making the appointment if he had died intestate, so much of the will as makes the appointment is not revoked by the marriage.-Section 9.

Surviving husband or widow may waive the right to take under the will and take under the statute instead.Section 16. See also stats. 1906, ch. 129.

Pretermitted child or issue of deceased child takes as if the testator had died intestate, unless it appears that the omission was intentional.-Section 19.

Posthumous child takes as if his father had died intestate, in the absence of provision for him in the will.— Section 20.

A foreign will may be proved by a copy duly authenticated, and of the record of probate.-Chapter 136, section 10.

No. 24-Michigan.

[COMPILED LAWS, 1915.]

Every person of full age and sound mind may devise land.-Section 11817.

A devise is construed to convey all the estate of the devisor unless a contrary intention appears in the will. -Section 11818.

After-acquired interest passes by the will if the intention so appears.-Section 11819.

Every person of full age and sound mind can dispose of his personal estate by will.-Section 11820.

A will must be in writing, signed by the testator or by some person in his presence and by his express direction and subscribed and attested in the presence of the testator by two competent witnesses. Subsequent incompetency of a witness does not prevent probate.-Section 11821.

A nuncupative will is valid in which the estate does not exceed $300.00, provided the same be proved by two competent witnesses; and a soldier in actual military service or a mariner on shipboard may dispose of wages and other personal estate as at the common law.-Section 11822.

Gift to a subscribing witness is void unless there are two other competent subscribing witnesses. A creditor is a competent witness.-Section 11823.

A subscribing witness to whom a beneficial interest is given may take so much of the estate as would have descended to him or been distributed to him, not exceeding the devise or bequest.-Section 11824.

A will is revoked by burning, tearing, cancelling or obliterating, or by a will or codicil or writing executed after the manner of a will.-Section 11825.

Will executed in manner required by law of place of execution or of testator's domicile is valid in Michigan if in writing and subscribed by the testator.-Section 11826.

After-born children take as in case of intestacy where no provision is made for them in the will unless a different intention is apparent.-Section 13790.

Omission to provide for a child or the issue of a deceased child, which omission was not intentional, leaves the child or issue of such child to take as in case of intestacy.-Section 13791.

The issue of a deceased beneficiary who is a relative of the testator, who survive the testator, take the devise or bequest unless a different intention appears by the will.— Section 13793.

No. 25-Minnesota.

[GENERAL STATUTES, 1913, AND SUPPLEMENT, 1917.]

Every person of full age and sound mind may make a will. A will must be in writing, signed by the testator, or some one in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in his presence by two or more competent witnesses.-Section 7250.

If a witness is competent at the time of attestation, subsequent incompetency will not prevent probate. A creditor may be a witness.-Section 7251.

Nuncupative will is not valid unless made by a soldier in actual service, or by a mariner at sea, and then only as to personal estate.-Section 7252.

A will made out of the state, but according to the laws of the country or state where made, or of the testator's domicile, if in writing and signed by the testator, may be proved in Minnesota.-Section 7253.

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A devise or legacy to a subscribing witness is void unless there are two other competent subscribing witnesses; but such witness may take so much of the estate, not exceeding the amount of the bequest or devise, as would have descended to him had there been no will.-Section 7254.

Wills are revoked or altered by another will in writing, or some other writing executed in the same manner as a will declaring the same, or by burning, tearing, cancelling, obliterating or destroying.-Section 7256.

A will is revoked by marriage of the testator. In case of divorce, a will is revoked as to all provisions in favor of the divorced spouse.-Section 7257.

Posthumous child takes as if his father had died intestate where there is no provision in the will or otherwise made for such child, unless omission was intentional. -Section 7259.

Pretermitted children and issue of deceased children take as if there had been no will, unless it appears that their omission was intentional.-Section 7260.

Gift to a relative of testator dying before him passes to issue, if any, of relative, unless will provides otherwise.-Section 7262.

After-acquired property passes in like manner as if possessed by the testator at the time when he made his will.-Section 7264.

Wills may be deposited with the judge of the county where the testator lives.-Section 7265.

A foreign will duly approved may be allowed in Minnesota.-Section 7274.

A foreign will is proved by a copy duly authenticated, together with the record of probate.-Section 7275.

A nuncupative will may be admitted to probate within